Zechariah 8:2
“Yahweh of hosts says this: I am passionate for Zion with great zeal and I am passionate for her with great anger!
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1The word of Yahweh of hosts came to me, saying,
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1 Chronicles 12:19Some from Manasseh also deserted to David when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle. Yet they did not help the Philistines, because the Philistine lords consulted with each other and sent David away. They said, “He will desert to his master Saul at the risk of our lives.”
Isaiah 42:13Yahweh will go out as a warrior; as a man of war he will stir up his zeal. 1 He will shout, yes, he will roar his battle cries; he will show his enemies his power. 1
Isaiah 63:4For I looked forward to the day of vengeance, and the year for my redemption had arrived. 1
Ezekiel 36:5therefore the Lord Yahweh says this: I have certainly spoken in the fire of my fury against the other nations, against Edom and all who took my land for themselves as a possession, against all those who had both joy in their heart and disdain in their spirit, as they seized my land that they might claim its pasturelands for themselves.'
Nahum 1:2Yahweh is a jealous God and avenges; Yahweh avenges and is full of wrath; 1 Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he continues his anger for his enemies. 1
Zechariah 1:14So the angel who had talked with me said to me, “Call out and say, 'Yahweh of hosts says this: 1 I have been jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great passion! 1
Matthew Henry on Zechariah 8:2-9
Encouraging Prospects. ( b. c. 517.) 1 Again the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying, 2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. 3 Thus saith the Lord ; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the Lord of hosts the holy mountain. 4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and… Read the whole commentary →